Jingle Balls

Woman Charged With Malicious Castration

"All three were heavily intoxicated."

That's a shocker. What's impressive is that she inflicted a wound requiring 50+ stitches with her bare hands.

Snap!

Two very different best-of-the-year image collections, both British:

• Offbeat photos from BBC News
• "Smugshots"* from The Times

* Those look-how-fabulous-I-am pictures that people invariably take when they're on vacation

Nadir

I hit rock bottom
Last night – drank merlot with a
Straw – tacky, tacky

Farewell, Sweet Prince

Farewell, Sweet Prince

Go Fark Yourself

I can't believe nobody's told me about Fark. With stories like this, it's right up my alley.

Hard Times at Hillbilly Heaven

Papa Pilgrim proceeds to the pokey.

Fascinating though it's been, the saga leaves me with only one burning question: How did they bathe with their clothes on? (And why? God made us nude, did He not?)

You Killed Santa!

Or maybe he just has a wicked hangover.

A sand sculpture in Puri, India.